In the article I posted below it talks about how to approach your boss or colleagues if you have to much on your workload. They brought up some pretty obvious points but I believe they ignored that for some employees this is not much of an option. In my position at the hospital I have a relatively small workload being new and part time currently so I do not face this issue, but the two other full-time Analysts have way to much on their schedule and are being asked for more everyday. In their case they usually go into a meeting with our boss and have no choice and get assigned a new project on top of their immense list of tasks. If it is a little project asked to do they usually have no issues taking it on, but if it is a continuous weekly or monthly report it really bogs down their work process and schedule. In the article they talk about turning down the request and how this is a good thing. They say "you’re not being lazy, and it does not reflect badly on you.” In fact, she adds, saying no from time to time increases your credibility. Bosses want their employees to speak up if there is anything that’s keeping them from performing at peak levels.” I personally would try to avoid this at all costs. Being new to the organization I am trying to do all I can to help out and be utilized so I have been taking on as much as I can. Currently it has been okay but eventually there will be a point where this is not going to be possible anymore. I will need to effectively utilize some of the strategies in the article in order to stay organized and not have to much of a work load that I can handle.
https://hbr.org/2017/01/how-to-tell-your-boss-you-have-too-much-work
A form of this conversation came up when I interviewed John Fernandez, the CEO of MEEI. He talked about managing your workload so that you could still take on additional tasks that would allow you to show your value. The main concern he expressed was ensuring you have enough time to get your primary tasks done. It sounds like your colleagues are overburdened, which is too bad. Quality inevitably suffers if you give people too much. Maybe there's an opportunity for a fresh young analyst to lend a hand and be a hero... ?
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